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They have significant impacts on the aerodynamic performance and volume of the rotating stable axisymmetric bullet. The optimization boundary for these four parameters is established, and the sample space of 30 optimization groups is created by using the response surface method. Through the finite volume simulation of these 30 groups of samples, the corresponding drag coefficient and bullet volume are obtained. The function between the drag coefficient, bullet volume and sample parameters is fitted. Then, the NSGA-II algorithm is combined to conduct optimization analysis on the fitting function, and four response factor combinations on the Pareto boundary are obtained, where the drag coefficient is decreased and the bullet volume is increased. The second derivative of the solution set is analyzed to determine the optimal shape of the oval head axisymmetric bullet. The comparison shows that the drag coefficient of the optimized bullet shape is 13.1% lower than the average drag coefficient of 30 original samples, and the volume is increased by 39.5%. The method, combined the response surface method with NSGA-II algorithm, effectively improves the design efficiency of oval head axisymmetric bullet optimization design.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym17091448","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,4]],"date-time":"2025-09-04T08:08:46Z","timestamp":1756973326000},"page":"1448","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Aerodynamic Shape Optimization Analysis of Axisymmetric Bullet Based on Response Surface NSGA-II Algorithm"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-8194-0975","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Miao","family":"He","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information Engineering, Qinghai Vocational and Technical University, Xining 810003, China"},{"name":"School of Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing Vocational College of Information Technology, Nanjing 210023, China"},{"name":"School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dongjian","family":"Su","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China"},{"name":"School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Hangzhou 310018, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dailin","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zijie","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Qingyu","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hubei Aerospace Aircraft Research Institute, Wuhan 430040, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hao","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"12","article-title":"Discussion on Super-Short-Range Anti-Missile Weapon System","volume":"31","author":"Li","year":"2003","journal-title":"Mod. 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